Forest Service Hazardous Fuels Reduction 2015-2018

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 1-Northern Region awarded this Master IDIQ for hazardous fuels reduction treatments on June 24, 2015, with ordering closed as of June 30, 2018. This vehicle is no longer active—the ordering period ended more than eight years ago and no new task orders will be issued.

The work encompasses excavator piling, hand piling, fireline and fuel break construction and maintenance by machine and hand, landing cleanup piling, chipping, mastication, and slashing/bucking at Idaho Panhandle National Forests locations, primarily the Bonners Ferry Ranger District. All work is firm fixed price and fully small-business set-aside. Contractors provide all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals.

Eleven task orders were issued between May 2016 and June 2018, with activity peaking at five orders in 2017 and declining to two in 2018. The combined potential value across all orders is $389 thousand, with 100% of that amount obligated. Hill Excavating, Inc. dominated the vehicle, capturing six orders worth $296 thousand in combined potential value, or roughly 76% of all activity. Worman Forest Management LLC received four orders totaling $63 thousand, and Cutting Edge Forestry, Inc. received one order for $30 thousand. All ordering activity served a single customer: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1-Northern Region.

Individual task-order values ranged from approximately $4 thousand to $104 thousand, with most orders in the $25 thousand to $75 thousand range. Performance duration typically ran six to twelve months from award to completion. All work was conducted in northern Idaho within the Idaho Panhandle National Forests system.

This vehicle presents no new business opportunity. It serves as a historical reference only for understanding how USDA Forest Service structures small-business fuels-reduction contracts in the Northern Region.

The Forest Service under the USDA has awarded a Master IDIQ for fuels reduction treatments through an assortment of excavator piling, hand piling, fireline and fuel break construction, maintenance or rehabilitation by machine and by hand, landing clean-up piling, chipping and mastication, slashing/bucking, and related work in compliance with written terms, specifications, conditions and provisions. Contractors are responsible for all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals required to accomplish the work.